It’s a fact that any situation can turn awkward at any given time, which sucks for many obvious reasons. One of the worst times things can take an awkward turn is when you’re about to hook up or are in the middle of hooking up, because when you’re rocking a raging boner you don’t want to feel awkward, you just want to feel good. Fortunately if this happens, it’s not a write off-there are ways to handle it so that you can get things back on track to the orgasmic conclusion.

Laugh It Off

Maybe one of you said something weird in the heat of the moment, like the name of an ex. You can either focus on it and let your dick get limp or you can roll with it like a champ and carry on. Injecting humor into an awkward situation makes it easier for you to both feel comfortable with what happened, which in turn makes it easier to not dwell on the weirdness and just continue on like nothing every happened. Humor is also awesome to use in this situation because it gives you both something to joke about later. Instead of having a cringe-worthy moment you’ll be reliving for months, you now have a memory you can laugh at.

Have a Drink

So you just met up with your hookup date and things are a little awkward to say the least. Maybe you’re both nervous. Maybe you don’t know what to say to each other. What’s the best fix for this situation? Alcohol, of course. Introducing the great equalizer into the situation guarantees that after a few drinks you’ll at least be able to talk to each other without being uptight. However, alcohol should be used carefully as there’s always the risk that one of you (or both of you) will get hammered. And when you’re nearing the point of being blackout drunk, hooking up gets a lot harder to do. Utilize booze as an icebreaker to get you both comfortable, but don’t start pounding back the shots.

Pretend It Never Happened

So your thrusting away, focused on getting off and all of the sudden you fart. Mortifying? Hell yes. But it doesn’t have to lead to limp dick syndrome. There’s always the chance she never heard you (particularly if you’re both loud when you’re getting down and dirty). If she gives no indication of having heard, continue on. She might just be pretending it didn’t happen, which means you should do that too.

Move On

Unfortunately, there are some circumstances where there’s no way you can bring things back to normal after they take a very awkward turn. Instead of sitting there feeling several kinds of uncomfortable, you can just make the decision to end the night early and go home with partial dignity intact. You probably struck out, but at least you’re not stuck in torturous awkward limbo for hours on end. And you’ve also learned about just what will make a situation that awkward and on top of that, you know how to avoid ever running into that again.